The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-14
CLEVELAND Or DEMOCRACY.
Brick Pomeroy's Democrat.)

The fiddl'Ds uf Nero, who proh.
lly thought himself musician
while Rr ne WIS burning, was crea.
liable to the Indifference of tina
monars h of all lie surveyed. So, to-
has been the adherence of Presl-
ieat Cleveland TO the party he wa
SO fall f promises to before his ele,-
lion.
The plowholder may run himselt
deeper and deeper into te furrow ol
debt as he tres to cultivate his WAY
out from under mortgage, but th
Presden, cares not for the plowhold-
er so much as for the untaxej. in
teres t>draw;ng bondholder Tue
liborlng man may work in sickness
and health in the heaven-insplred
effort to properly care for and eau
cate his loved ones, bat the Pre- ST.
dent Of the UDted Stats has re
admiration except for mugwump
ilwnlng sycsphants anl usurers.
Debt, ST. uygle, taxation. Strik ,,rov-
erty, general discomfort and all tn,
incl emants to confusion and an
a-chY may imp' egna,e the air aud
iehauch tn MN Is IF struggl s fot
home anl its comfirts but 30 lon
Is their food is not lis food. tAei
lriuk not his drink Or their suffer
ings his sufferings, the President ha
no thou ght for them or the Democra :
&c party, whose duty is, aud wlos
mission should b., to undo tie
wrongs of Republicans aud re tol.
lag satioa to its limits within th
Constitution.
Were Grover Cleveland to fel,-
range the ALPHABET he word head
he row with the letter [, and the
largest possible / at that Treason
to the party that elec ed him and to
the Jeffersonian Dem ocratic Drinci-
pies OF that party is na less mark cd
in Clevel4nd's ada alistratiOa tha
is his indifference to the mu tituae G
Of lifelong. b,ttar Democrats thar
him self. who, for love OF cauutr,
ard of party. as means 80 accom-
plish, labOred SO hard to place so uf-
worthy 4 Dem ,crat in pewe- as d.
rector Of political. ceremonies anG
dispenser Of political power and pat
ronage.
The principles Of Democracy can
Q elly be kept to the fore By Demo-
cratic party.
Those who are not for EemLc ATTIC
party are against it.
Democratic SUI .cess can only b..
achi. we'd ~ harmony among those
who are advanced exponents Of Dem
ocra,ic principles, and thus the act
i've earnest. kindly corporation of
all who believe shat laws are made
by the peopls and for the people.
This great principle resident t
Cleveland loses sight Of His idea
i, political despotism with Grove,
| Cleveland as the central fi.u,e-a
combination of faw ainy sycophan,s
shu, for office. will favor any al
all Kinds of class legislation.
Such las been his determination
E,l'ay ali to hinself; to defy Dem
,cra5ic senti ment; to cater to class
! egislation 81 advance monopoiies
10 continue tn. bruta. robbery of tax
| payers for the benefit Of Gsurers and
eculatOrs, that, uGder his ad,nla.
stIation, the De noerats who sto,,d
ny hlE have aeea beaten liY tue pao
Die 10 an extent never before vii
messed under atty former ad,ninistrs
tiOn.
| The majority Of the voters of III
| United States are not in favor &
the pet policies Of the President; o,
ais determined opposition to silver
as money of his hostility to green
back legal tenders: of Lis desire t.
hoard coin for usurers at the expens,
of the present and future Of nones
taxpayers.
If Cievelani's policy is continued
for one year longer. general bank
ruptcy will be inevitable. If tn
Democratic party sustains him.
will never again be victorious in til
country, at least under it, presen
, name and present leaders. The pet